July 11, 2024 China pauses new coal-based steelmaking for first time in years Greening the steel industry, China’s second largest source of carbon emissions at 15%, is a vital part of the country’s plan to become carbon neutral by 2060.
July 9, 2024 British Columbia Premier walks tightrope between resource boom, green goals David Eby is in talks with Teck around support for a plant to recycle electric-vehicle batteries.
July 3, 2024 Rio Tinto to build two solar farms on Australia’s Gove Peninsula The two sites will have combined capacity of 10.5MW.
July 2, 2024 Rio Tinto completes largest off-grid solar plant build in Canada’s North The solar project complements a wind power plant at Diavik, which has been operating since 2012.
July 2, 2024 Indonesia’s Delta Dunia eyes more deals as it completes US coal buy The Jakarta-listed company has been diversifying beyond its home base of Indonesia where it runs its BUMA coal mining services business.
July 1, 2024 Rio Tinto to install carbon free aluminium cells at Arvida smelter in Québec Rio will design, engineer, and build a demonstration plant owned by a new joint venture with the Government of Québec, through Investissement Québec,.
July 1, 2024 Sumitomo looks to tap US shale boom despite exiting production Japanese trading firm sees opportunities in US shale oil and natural gas despite exiting production there three years ago.
June 27, 2024 US to start buying up to $2.7 billion in domestically supplied enriched uranium Funding was unleashed by legislation, signed by President Joe Biden in May, that also imposed a ban on imports of enriched uranium from Russia.
June 27, 2024 Chile’s copper miners will need more energy, water to keep up production, Cochilco says Miners will increasingly get their energy from renewable sources, which are set to make up nearly 80% of the energy supply by 2026.
June 27, 2024 In race to regain rare earth glory, Europe falls short on mineral goals The European continent has rich rare earth deposits, but there is currently no mining of them.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
